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A security guard stands at the entrance of Peking University Gymnasium in Beijing, on May 8. Beijing is implementing a range of new security measures in its transportation systems, state media reported on Friday, as the city tightened up against perceived threats to the August Olympics.

Olympics: Beijing tightens security as Games approach: reports

AFP - Friday, May 9 09:18 am

BEIJING (AFP) - Beijing is implementing a range of new security measures, state media said Friday, as the Chinese capital cranks up efforts to prevent any disruptions affecting the August Olympics. More »

  • A security guard stands at the entrance of Peking University Gymnasium in Beijing, on May 8. Beijing is implementing a range of new security measures in its transportation systems, state media reported on Friday, as the city tightened up against perceived threats to the August Olympics.

    Beijing tightens security as Games approach: reports

    AFP - Friday, May 9 07:41 am

    BEIJING (AFP) - Beijing is implementing a range of new security measures in its transportation systems, state media reported on Friday, as the city tightened up against perceived threats to the August Olympics. More »

  • A replica Olympic torch is held by a member of the support crew at Everest Base Camp after their climbers reached the summit of the world's highest mountain Mount Everest (C), also known as Qomolangma, in the Tibet Autonomous Region May 8, 2008. REUTERS/David Gray

    Tibetan woman holds Olympic flame atop Everest

    Reuters - Thursday, May 8 03:18 pm

    EVEREST BASE CAMP, China (Reuters) - A Tibetan woman took the Olympic torch the last steps to the top of Everest on Thursday, realising "a dream of all Chinese people", but Tibetan exiles criticised Beijing for politicising the Games. More »

  • Juncker says Sarkozy should be at Olympics opening for EU

    Reuters - Thursday, May 8 11:08 am

    PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy should represent the European Union at the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games and European leaders should support him, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said on Thursday. More »

  • Olympic Torch Carried To Everest Summit

    Olympic Torch Carried To Everest Summit

    SkyNews - Thursday, May 8 10:36 am

    A team of Chinese climbers carrying the Olympic flame has reached the summit of Mount Everest. More »

  • Climbers display the Olympic torch, Olympic flame, Olympic flag, Chinese national flag and Beijing Olympic flag at the top of the 8844.43 meters (29,028 feet) summit of the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, also known as Qomolangma, in Tibet Autonomous Region, May 8, 2008 in this picture distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency.

    Emotions high as Olympic flame scales Everest

    Reuters - Thursday, May 8 09:09 am

    EVEREST BASE CAMP, China (Reuters) - The Olympic flame reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday, an emotional high for China and the crowning moment of a Beijing Games torch relay that was mired in anti-Chinese protests on its world tour. More »

  • This TV grab from state television CCTV shows Chinese climbers holding the Beijing Olympic torches (L) and waving Olympic flags after reaching the summit of Mount Everest, on May 8, as seen on state television, in an historic moment for China, exactly three months ahead of the Beijing Games.

    Olympic flame reaches Mount Everest summit

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 07:36 am

    BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese and Tibetan climbers bearing an Olympic torch reached Mount Everest's summit on Thursday, state television showed, in an historic moment for China exactly three months ahead of the Beijing Games. More »

  • Tibetan envoy of the Dalai Lama, Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari gestures on his arrival at Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi on May 6. China was told to release Tibetan prisoners and end 'reeducation' during weekend talks in Shenzhen over deadly unrest in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, Gyari said Thursday.

    Tibetan envoy says China told to free Tibetan prisoners

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 07:04 am

    DHARAMSHALA, India (AFP) - Dalai Lama envoys told Beijing to release Tibetan prisoners and end 'reeducation' during weekend talks with Chinese officials over unrest in Tibet, one of the envoys said Thursday. More »

  • Olympic torch lights up Everest

    Olympic torch lights up Everest

    ITN - Thursday, May 8 06:54 am

    The Olympic torch has reached the summit of Mount Everest. More »

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